I would really like to know as well. NewPipe is a pain to navigate on TV.
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Since you said you use NewPipe on a TV, I assume it's some sort of Android TV? Why don't you just use SmartTube?
Mostly because it's not available in F-Droid.
Does F-Droid even have an Android TV client?
The regular F-Droid client works (but it's even harder to navigate than NewPipe). I should probably just try SmartTube, since it has auto-update capability anyway.
SmartTube self updates BTW. So once its loaded you dont need to do it again. Same with S0und for Twitch.
I just adb installed the SmartTube APK from my laptop over the network
The best YouTube TV app for desktops is YouTube TV.
Look up PS4 Pro Leanback UserAgent and I recommend using that with Chrome because Firefox has a little bit of bugs. If you use it as a web app it works pretty well. The one caveat is you cannot exit out of it without enabling a developer flying in Chrome, without that flag you need to use alt + f4.
You want to use a web app or kiosk mode, specifically because resolution that you get in video is determined by the window size at startup, so if you have a 4K display, it needs to be full screen at start or else you will not get 4K video. Playback, you'll only get 1440p.
Otherwise, just full screen it, then refresh.
I personally have found that the kodi plugin is quite frankly not very good.
What about freetube? Newer desktop update has giant smartphone-like buttons that are perfect for TV usage
For example, now the play button on my 27" is a circle with diameter 25 cm
I'm running a RPI4 with LibreELEC + Kodi.
YouTube runs better than the official app, at least for my needs.
LibreELEC + Kodi works out of the box with the TV Remote. And you can use Kore (android app) to get a full keyboard.
Do you use a remote control or a wireless keyboard & mouse. I’m looking into this setup and am curious how others drive their home theater machine.
Look into flirc. It’s a usb device that can read ir signals. It has a companion program that lets you map any button on the remote to any keyboard or mouse buttons. I use it to map my tv remotes u,d,l,r to the keyboards udlr buttons.
I use a reversible remote keyboard combo which I find really really nice. I used to have some MX3, they can be had for 10$, sometimes even less, on Ali. It however feels rather dated..... But I recently got a G60s Pro and I'm loooooving it.
I use the TV remote control for the basic stuff. If I need to type something longer or more options, than I switch to Kore (official Kodi remote by the same developers). You just need the phone to be in the same network.
Never felt the need to connect keyboard+mouse.
YT plugin for Kodi is quite decent. Have it daily in use, no issues so far.
Smarttube really does work well, if your good with messing around a bit I've spun up android vm's and the other android tools on Linux to watch smarttube with a bluetooth remote.
I'd prefer that it function well with Kodi. Is the Kodi YouTube plugin any good
I think you have your answer right there, why not try it out and see how you like it?